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"Birth of the American Flag" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:
"Birth of the American Flag" with Betsy Ross (actress Priscilla Lawson) working on one section of the flag. The float was submitted by the city of North Hollywood. The float is passing the Goodhue Flagpole in the center of the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:
January 1, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Snyder, Bill
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Birth of the American Flag" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

"China Clipper" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:
Float representing the China clipper airplane with 'Los Angeles' and 'China Clipper' written on it viewed by crowd to celebrate Los Angeles Pacific air connections. Riding that float are Mariella Ferguson in Spanish costume at the front, and Virginia Grondahl in Hawaiian costume at the back
Date:
January 1, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Snyder, Bill
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"China Clipper" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Alice Pheland and B. F. Enyeart pose in front of the Burbank City Schools' Tournament of Roses parade float framework, Pasadena vicinity, about 1936

Description:
At center, from left to right, Alice Phelan and B. F. Enyeart, Burbank Schools Superintendent, pose in front of the framework for the Burbank City Schools' float entry into the Tournament of Roses. They both stand in profile, facing left, but turn their heads towards camera. Alice Phelan holds onto the framework behind her as she casts her gaze downward. The incomplete float stands in partial view behind them. Its design appears to emulate tracery and stained glass elements seen in Gothic architecture.
Date:
[circa January, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Alice Pheland and B. F. Enyeart pose in front of the Burbank City Schools' Tournament of Roses parade float framework, Pasadena vicinity, about 1936

Lieutenant Colonel L. M. Adams and Captain H. R. Zimmer testing radium-atomite at Caltech, Pasadena, 1928

Description:
Scientists Lieutenant-Colonel L. M. (Lewis Milton) Adams and Captain H. R. Zimmer testing Radium Atomite at Caltech. Photo appears with the article, "Radium-Atomite Tried Out: Tests at Caltech Expected to Result in Use of Local Invention in Warfare," Los Angeles Times, 26 May 1928: A3.
Date:
[circa May 26, 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Lieutenant Colonel L. M. Adams and Captain H. R. Zimmer testing radium-atomite at Caltech, Pasadena, 1928

Rose Bowl float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Description:
This float features a replica of the Rose Bowl and life-size figures of the Stanford Indian and the Columbia Lion. The Pasadena Memorial Flagpole (Goodhue Flagpole) is visible behind the float in its original location in the middle of the intersection of Orange Grove and Colorado Boulevard. The float was entered by Stanford University.
Date:
January 1, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Rose Bowl float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

California Institute of Technology halfback Don Rooke kicking football, Pasadena, 1933

Description:
Related to the article “Caltech Grid Squad Working Twice Daily for Opening Game With Loyola Next Week, Five Veterans Out For Team, ‘Fox’ Stanton Not Optimistic Over Prospects, Usual Tricky Formations on Parade at Pasadena, Engineer Open Season With Lions at Ball Park,” Los Angeles Times, 13 Sept. 1933
Date:
1933
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Ledford, Duke Emmett, 1894-1961
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
California Institute of Technology halfback Don Rooke kicking football, Pasadena, 1933

Harold E. Wolcott with his lawyers Archie Orme, George S. Carter, William W. Larson and L.R. Shaw, Pasadena, 1933

Description:
Harold E. Wolcott sits unsmiling with his hands folded in his lap. His four attorneys are seated behind him, all looking at the camera except for Archie Orme who peers at a pile of documents on the table before him. Several unidentified people can be seen seated in the courtroom behind them.
Date:
October 3, 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Harold E. Wolcott with his lawyers Archie Orme, George S. Carter, William W. Larson and L.R. Shaw, Pasadena, 1933

"Enchanted Lands" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:
The "Enchanted Lands" float features a large floral replica of the California Building (a Spanish Colonial building designed for the by architect Bertram Goodhue for the 1915-1917 Panama–California Exposition held in San Diego to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal) with a bell tower and dome reproduced with yellow, white and bronze chrysanthemums. A sign on the side of the float reads "San Diego, World Exposition City, 1935." On the visible corners of the float are float riders in costume with decorations featuring (L to R) a Spanish-American mission, a Chinese bridge, and a South Seas palm. The Goodhue Flagpole at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd. is visible behind the float.
Date:
January 1, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Enchanted Lands" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

"Southern California Farm House" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:
The "Southern California Farm House" float is formed of cornflowers and white flowers with a garden in front and a rising sun behind the house. The float riders are Lois Weston and Leland and James Clemson. The El Monte entry is seen at the intersection of Orange Grove blvd. and Colorado Blvd. with the Goodhue Flagpole in the background on the right.
Date:
January 1, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Southern California Farm House" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Tribute float to Will Rogers at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:
Float created as a tribute to Will Rogers shows a white horse, probably Soapsuds, with a lowered head and empty saddle, its reins trailing on the ground, on a raised platform. A radiant star is behind Soapsuds and a U. S. flag is draped on the platform in front of him. The float was entered by the Union Oil Company.
Date:
January 1, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Snyder, Bill
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Tribute float to Will Rogers at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Carmelita Park, Pasadena, [1934?]

Description:
Possibly related to the article “The Southland’s Oldest Memory Garden, Soaring Trees Are Pioneer’s Fine Monument, Early Pasadenan’s Love of Nature Attested by Park Grove.” Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 1934. The article states: … Carmelita Gardens, once a private estate, now a part of the Crown City municipal park system … on West Colorado Street …
Date:
[1934?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Carmelita Park, Pasadena, [1934?]

"Adohrable Babies" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

Description:
"Adhorable Babies" float carrying 18 children in a golden, cup-shaped trophy in the center with a floral sign reading "Our Future Champions" and 29 children on the main platform dressed in costumes of different countries competing in Olympiads. The float is decorated with shields ornamented to look like coats of arms with carnations and pigeons were steadily released from the trophy during the parade. The float was lead by another small float in the form of a swan (image no. 21198/zz002cp5vz) and was entered by the Adohr Creamery Company. the float location in the image is the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:
January 1, 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Adohrable Babies" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

South Gate float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Description:
A multi-tiered float features ten women. In the center, Mrs. Joseph Parr "playing" the harp, Patricia Shaw seated in the back, and behind her two trumpeters, Donna Mullenger and Saraine Furie. The six other women on the float are, in no order: Josephine Larusso, Leona M. Roberts, Jeanne Hutchens, Mary Henderson, Gloria Crocker, and Dorothy Brown.
Date:
January 2, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
South Gate float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Lady Beaverbrook and daughter Jane Aitken at the Huntington Hotel, Pasadena, 1927

Description:
Lady Beaverbrook (left) and daughter Jane Aitken stand in a hotel hallway between room 418 and Room 419 with two wicker chairs behind them. Each wears a dropwaist dress and a pearl necklace. This image appears with the article "Peeress Visits Southland: Here With Daughter to Regain Health," Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 1927: A1.
Date:
January 11, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Lady Beaverbrook and daughter Jane Aitken at the Huntington Hotel, Pasadena, 1927

Hiram Bingham and Carroll L. Beedy greeted at a train station, Pasadena, circa 1930

Description:
Four men stand at the train station, with a train to their right: aviation leaders Senator Hiram Bingham (2nd from left) and Carroll L. Beedy, House Representative from Maine (3rd from left), are met by two undentified men. They were in Los Angeles for a dinner tendered by the Samoan Commission at the Chamber of Commerce banquet hall. Photo (cropped) appears with the article "NATION'S WINGS GROW HERE: Senator Bingham, Aviation Authority, Credits California with Lead in Aeronautics," Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 1930: A1.
Date:
September 10, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Hiram Bingham and Carroll L. Beedy greeted at a train station, Pasadena, circa 1930